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Two cardinals by Mariano Fortuny Marsal

Two cardinals

Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1855

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Artist
Mariano Fortuny Marsal
Date
1855
Medium
etching
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Prints
Culture
Spain
Credit line
Gift of Knoedler and Company, through The Print Club of Cleveland
ART MOVEMENTS
Romanticism
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THE ARTIST

Mariano Fortuny Marsal

1838–1874 · Spain

Spanish painter who died at 36 from malaria caught while painting outdoors, leaving behind shimmering Orientalist scenes.

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Beyond Marsal and Romanticism: works from the same years.

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1840s–1870s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1840s–1870s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Peace and Plenty Same era · 1840s–1870s Peace and Plenty William Hart · 1855 · New Britain Museum of American Art The Brook of Les Puits-Noir Same era · 1840s–1870s The Brook of Les Puits-Noir Gustave Courbet · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Same era · 1840s–1870s Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1853 · Metropolitan Museum of Art Olive Trees Same era · 1840s–1870s Olive Trees Vincent van Gogh · 1853 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Sheepshearers Same era · 1840s–1870s The Sheepshearers Jean-François Millet · 1857 · Art Institute of Chicago Lion Hunt Same era · 1840s–1870s Lion Hunt Eugène Delacroix · 1858 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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